舊的課名為"魚類族群動態與資源評估".
This course is an introduction of basic population dynamics and stock assessment, methods to be applied at different level of data, and a review of relevant computer programs. Course covers introduction, data used in stock assessment (catch, abundance, and life history), population dynamics models, determination of stock status, biological reference points, and future forecast.

Assessment models of per-recruit model, biomass dynamics model, lagged recruitment, survival and growth model, and age-structured production model will be included. Student will be familiar with terms in fish population dynamics (e.g.., fishing mortality, catchability, selectivity, steepness, etc.) and proficient in parameter estimation (e.g., growth, mortality, unfished biomass, MSY), as well as the uncertainty, of an exploited fish population, and evaluation of harvest restrictions for fisheries management problems.

The course draws examples from real fisheries in the world and provides student broad experiences of various fishery data and fish biology. The course is primarily for students of fisheries and marine ecology, but should also appeal to those interested in conservation ecology.